NEW DELHI: Olympic bronze medallist Lovlina Borgohain and Shiva Thapa will spearhead Indian challenge at the Asian Boxing Championships finals in Amman, Jordan from Wednesday.
12 other Indians will hope to seal their berth in the competition.
The semifinal bouts for the women’s category will begin on Wednesday and will be followed by the men’s last-four contests on Thursday.
Tokyo Olympic bronze medallist Lovlina (75kg), who is contesting in this weight category at an international tournament for the first time, will take on Seong Suyeon of the Korea in the semifinal.
2022 world championships bronze medallist Parveen (63kg) will be up against Uranbileg Shinetsetseg of Mongolia while competition debutant Preeti (57kg) will be involved in a tough match-up against the Tokyo Olympics gold medallist Irie Sena of Japan.
The other four women in semi-final action will be Alfiya Pathan (81+kg), Saweety (81kg), Ankushita Boro (75kg), and Minakshi (52kg).
In the men’s category, Shiva Thapa (63.5kg) who became the most decorated Asian champion after ensuring his sixth medal in the competition will face two-time Asian Championships medallist Bakhodur Usmonov of Tajikistan.
Two-time Commonwealth bronze medallist Mohammad Hussamuddin (57kg) will go head to head against the 2021 world championships silver medallist Serik Temirzhanov of Kazakhstan.
